"You're freaked out," he says. NO SHIT! Wouldn't you be? Matt, the woman slept with Walter, do you see what we are dealing with here? "I want it to be special and right now, I feel like a number," she says. Way to steal off of Bob Seger! "You are," Matt says, "number one." Oh blech! Even Betty's like dude, get me the insulin.
"Betty, this would be the first time I've been with a woman I really care about," he says, using that line for the 156th time. "Technically, you are my first." Betty, don't fall for it! He may have cooties! "Aww," she says. "That's so corny." Phew! Now grab a cab, go home, and call Gio!
Matt says he's nervous and his hands are shaking. Maybe it's because the syph has hit your nervous system? "So are mine," Betty says, taking his hands. Don't do it Betty! I know I liked him but you should probably shift down to first gear for a little while, or until he stops sending girls to the free clinic. He puts his arm around her and they continue to walk.
OH MY GOD! Are those 1970s wicker tables?
At the dorm, Molly comes out of her bathroom and Daniel is sitting on a chair, wearing sunglasses, playing his guitar. The song is totally cheesy but he gets points for cuteness. We see Willie turn over in bed - she's finally sleeping.
Methinks someone stopped by the carwash today!
Over at Casa Boredom, Hilda and Councilman are eating popcorn and canoodling. Betty and Matt run up to his apartment doors, she goes to take off, and he grabs her and they go inside. Trojans are your friend, Betty, use a lot of them at once!
No matter what he says, Betty, those aren't bedbugs!
Next week? Mode's furniture is being repossessed by IKEA and "double baby mama drama," a photographer says Willie's baby really looks like Christina. I think I called that last season, didn't I? I bet the baby is really Christina and Stewart's...it has no trace of delicious Willie mocha in his skin. And? Betty gets a proposition she can't refuse...the pharmacist giving her antibiotics for a raging rash of cooties? We'll see!
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Comments (6)
Dear Crabby -
Excellent recap (of a show that is getting sillier by the week!)
No seriously, the first season of this show, I was in love! And look, I completely understand that this is based on Spanish soap operas, and therefore reality must be suspended during viewing, but come the FUCK on!
So, Matt is super rich and hides that by "forgetting" his wallet a bunch of times therefore making the financially unstable girl pay for their dinners/coffees/whatever. Not very creative writers, I think they should've had him "forget" his wallet because he doesn't actually have one - he's homeless and living on a bench at Penn Station! I don't know - something a little more gripping like that.
And, now he's had a lot of sex with a lot of different women? Um, WHAT? I hate that story line, while they were sitting in the therapist's office I thought he was going to be like, I have an STD or something a little more realistic - not, I'm a man-whore. I love how he's being treated like a "nice guy in recovery from a difficult life of random sex" whereas if this were a woman character, she'd be written off as a nasty slut. Ugh - seriously, Gio left and brought all the creativity of this show with him!
Sorry for the rant, but GRRRRRRRrrrrr!
(I do kind of love the councilman though, something about Karate Kid at age 45 is still pretty adorable!)
1 of 6 | Posted by carmelicious | Posted on March 24, 2009 9:57 AM
Good recap once again, too bad it's for a show that appears to be in steep decline.
I was disgusted by this episode (Betty prances into bed with a sex addict?!). Seriously creepy content. I don't plan to watch anymore, but I may drop by and read your recaps anyway. Yes, they are that good.
I am a Gio fan and like seeing your mentions of him. You seem to have a fond memory for the character (thank you!) unlike the show. Why? Why God? Why was he dumped from the show?
Curious, did pickle = Gio?
2 of 6 | Posted by bgroman | Posted on March 24, 2009 5:56 PM
Great recap. I'm not ready to abandon ship, but it does seem to have lost something. I'm hoping Rebecca R will return soon. I also miss Gio (please sign the online petition - haha).
Amanda and Mark are still great together (or separately).
One thing this show has in common with a lot of others - they incorporate the real life economic crisis into the storylines. I watch TV to ESCAPE (okay, ignore) my own problems; not to be reminded of them.
The promiscuity aspect - not to mention the STD possibilities - of Matt's past is a real turn-off.
(I'm a man who never understood how anyone could go to a prostitude - even before the onslaught of AIDS - you just don't know WHERE that thang has been!)
When it comes to sex partners, less is usually more. Some things don't change.
3 of 6 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on March 25, 2009 7:55 AM
Okay, call me naive, but what's a "carwash", metaphorically speaking?
BTW, who wants to know about anyone's pubic hair removal? When did it become pubic knowledge?
Also, I did not recognize Ralph Macchio until I saw his name in the credits and figured it out!
4 of 6 | Posted by scottywrangler | Posted on March 27, 2009 8:44 AM
Great recap as always! I can't even stand to watch the lame ass show anymore so I just come here to find out what happened.
5 of 6 | Posted by E-fo | Posted on March 28, 2009 9:16 AM
Before, I couldn't get past the fact that, while Matt is reasonably cute, he and Betty have no real sexual or romantic chemistry. They were okay though only so-so as friends (do these actors even bother to run lines together to give them some semblance of making a connection?). As a couple they're just bleh. Now I can't get past the fact that they have no chemistry plus he has a serious, not easily treated mental illness and maybe a long history of spreading STD around. And she hearts him? This girl who decided she "just didn't have those feelings" for a sane guy who unabashedly adored her and was so hot his kiss made her moan with desire and dancing with him got her all squirmy. Damn, you're right she should run call Gio!
6 of 6 | Posted by Livia | Posted on April 10, 2009 10:30 PM